Sentence examples for be improper to ask from inspiring English sources
It is rare for the principals to know everyone involved, and it can be improper to ask.
Bob Katter has said it would be improper to ask Rodney Culleton, who quit One Nation late on Sunday evening, to join his party but it would be a "great honour" and "very valuable" to have him.
On their view it is improper to ask whether, say, the statue is the same thing as the later lump of clay.
I realize it's improper to ask, but may I inquire, dear reader, as to how old you are?
But the company's general counsel, after being told what I wanted to ask them about, called back to say they felt it would be improper to discuss such subjects while the spin-off was being planned.
MPs on the ECCC wanted to ask treasury ministers if the cap would over-ride the energy and CO2 targets, but ministers refused to give evidence, saying that it would be improper to comment on another department's affairs.
The moral of the story is that while it's OK to ask a customer out on a date, it's improper to start sending her tons of gross naked pics if she says no.
Mr. Green, asked about that, said: "I always thought it's improper to impute the views of a supporter to the candidate.
Years later, during the Reagan administration, when Mr. Olson was asked if the Justice Department could dismiss a prosecutor for being gay, he wrote that it was "improper to deny employment or to terminate anyone on the basis of sexual conduct".
